2015-16 Saint Mary’s College Men’s Basketball SMC Athletic Communications • Tickets: (925) 631-GoTx (4689) PO Box 5100 • 1928 St. Mary’s Road • Moraga, CA 94575 www.SMCGaels.com • Twitter: @SMCGaels • Instagram: @SMCGaels • Facebook: /SMCGaels Weekly Press Notes vs. Grand Canyon University March 1, 2016 smcgaels.com N. 13 San Francisco State W 80-56 Grand Canyon at No. 24 Saint Mary’s About Saint Mary’s N. 16 Manhattan smcgaels.com W 89-63 Mar. 1, 2016 • 7 p.m. • McKeon Pavilion » SMC has the highest winning N. 22 &Stanford ESPNU W 78-61 TV: None Radio: KSMC (89.5 FM) percentage and 3rd-most NCAA smcgaels.com N. 29 CSU Bakersfield W 94-59 Video Stream: SMCGaels.com/TheW.tv Tournament appearances of any smcgaels.com D. 4 UC Davis W 81-67 Series: First Meeting NCAA Division I men’s basketball smcgaels.com program in the state of California D. 6 UC Irvine W 70-60 Last Mtg: First Meeting Pac-12 Network over the last decade. D. 12 at California L 59-63 Grand Canyon Record: 24-5, 10-3 (t2nd) in WAC smcgaels.com » With its title this season, SMC has D. 14 Cal Poly W 93-63 SMC Record: 24-4, 15-3 (t1st) in WCC won or shared 3 of the last 6 regular D. 16 Southern Utah smcgaels.com W 92-36 season WCC championships (2011, CSN California This Week For Saint Mary’s D. 21 San Francisco* W 74-52 2012 & 2016). D. 23 at Santa Clara* CSN California W 81-59 • The West Coast Conference regular season co-cham- pion Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team (24-4, 15-3 » Former SMC guards Matthew D. 28 Utah Valley smcgaels.com W 65-60 WCC - t1st) concludes its regular season Tuesday with Dellavedova and Patrick Mills, the D. 31 BYU* ESPNU W 85-74 a non-conference home game against Grand Canyon starting backcourt that led Australia J. 2 San Diego* smcgaels.com/TheW.tv W 79-46 (24-5, 10-3 WAC - t2nd). J. 7 at Loyola Marymount smcgaels.com/TheW.tv W 73-48 London Olympics, are on active NBA • The game will not be televised. A live webstream to the quarterfinals at the 2012 J. 9 at Pepperdine* WCC Game of the Week L 64-67 rosters. Mills won the NBA title in available via GaelVision on SMCGaels.com (courtesy 2014 season with San Antonio and J. 14 Pacific* ESPNU W 78-62 TheW.tv). Dellavedova reached the NBA Finals ESPNU J. 21 Gonzaga* W 70-67 • SMCGaels.com will provide a live audio stream by Alex last season with Cleveland. J. 23 Portland* CSN Bay Area W 89-74 Jensen, live statistics and Twitter updates (@SMC- The Gaels’ won a program record CSN California » J. 30 at Pacific* W 68-65 Gaels). 17 home games this season and has F. 4 at BYU* BYUtv L 59-70 • SMC is ranked 24th in this week’s USA Today Coaches won at least 16 games in four of the F. 6 at San Diego* CSN California W 60-43 Poll. F. 11 Pepperdine* CSN Bay Area L 63-69 this season with 2 games left. last five years. SMC is 17-1 at home F. 13 Loyola Marymount* CSN Bay Area W 68-62 Series vs Grand Canyon » SMC has a 110-32 record (.775) F. 18 at Portland* smcgaels.com/TheW.tv W 74-72 • Saint Mary’s and Grand Canyon have never met in winning percentage against non- F. 20 at Gonzaga* ESPN2 W 63-58 men’s basketball. conference opponents during the F. 25 Santa Clara* CSN California W 75-50 • SMC is 20-24 vs the current Western Athletic Confer- last nine years. F. 27 at San Francisco* CSN California W 84-72 ence membership. » Over the last eight years, SMC M. 1 Grand Canyon* smcgaels.com 7:00 p.m. • The Gaels are 12-2 against every team other than for- owns a 110-30 (.786) overall record in West Coast Conference play. M. 5 $$WCC Quarterfinals ESPN2 TBD mer WCC member Seattle University. SMC went 8-22 M. 7 $$WCC Semifinals ESPN or ESPN2 6 or 8:30 p.m. » Saint Mary’s has participated in M. 8 $$WCC Championship ESPN 6:00 p.m. postseason (4 NCAA, 4 NIT) in each Nextbetween Up For the The first Gaels meeting in 1954 and the last in 1987. of the last 8 seasons, the 2nd longest All times listed Pacific; *West Coast Conference opponent; • The annual WCC Championships are scheduled for streak among the 10 current WCC &Shamrock Office Solutions Classic; $$WCC Championships (Las March 4-8 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. programs. Vegas, Nev.); # indicates AP/USA Today Rankings • Top-seeded Saint Mary’s will open the WCC Cham- » WCC Game of the Week = Comcast SportsNet Bay Area or higher in the WCC in eight of the last California, Time Warner Cable SportsNet, ROOT Sports Northwest, nineSaint season. Mary’s has finished 2nd or ROOT Sports Rocky Mountain, TheW.tv LMUpionships and San at 7 Diego. p.m. in the tournament quarterfinals Saturday against the winner of the 8/9 game between 2015-16 Saint Mary’s Gaels (as of 2/28/15) No. Player PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Notes * 3 Emmett Naar (G, 6-1, So.) 14.0 3.7 6.1 0.1 1.3 17th in NCAA in assists (6.1) ... 1st in WCC in mins ... 3rd WCC In 3pt FG pct. (.480) ... 21 DF scoring gms * 24 Calvin Hermanson (F, 6-6, So.) 11.5 2.8 0.7 0.3 0.3 54 career apps ... 61 3ptrs leads team ... 24 pts at USF, 23 v Cal Poly, 21 v BYU ... 3pt FG in 25 of 28 gms * 22 Dane Pineau (F, 6-9, Jr.) 10.7 8.0 1.3 1.4 0.8 86 apps in 3rd year ... 6 double-doubles ... 1st in WCC in FG pct. (.643) ... 68.4% FG pct. in WCC games * 25 Joe Rahon (G, 6-2, Jr.) 10.1 4.4 5.9 0.5 1.3 2yrs at BC - 64 starts ... 10 ast v Manhattan ... 24 pts v Stanford ... 11th in NCAA asst-TO ratio, 27th in assists * 21 Evan Fitzner (C, 6-10, Fr.) 9.1 4.3 0.9 0.5 0.3 RS freshman ... 2x league MVP as prep ... 1st in 3pt pct. (.471) in WCC games only ... 12 DF scoring games 34 Jock Landale (C, 6-11, So.) 8.8 4.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 21 apps as frosh, led team w/.613 FG pct ... .604 FG pct 2nd in WCC ... 16 mins per g ... 79.5% FT shooter 33 Kyle Clark (F, 6-6, Fr.) 4.9 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 Avg’d 7.7 pts at U19 World Championships ... 15 pts vs Serbia ... 16 pts vs. Manhattan ... 19 mins per gm 2 Stefan Gonzalez (G, 6-2, Fr.) 4.3 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.3 Idaho POY ... 20 ppg as sr ... sisters play at UNLV ... 1st in WCC in 3pt pct. (.507) ... 15 pts vs. Cal Poly, UCD 43 Franklin Porter (G, 6-4, Fr.) 1.7 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 Avg’d 20 pts, 3.6 rebs as sr at Tilton ... MVP of state title game ... son of NBA’s Terry Porter ... 15 pts v SUU 1 Jordan Hunter (C, 6-10, Fr.) 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 Avg’d 4.0 pts, 4.1 rebs at U19 Worlds ... 14 pts, 5 rebs vs Spain ... 11.8 pts, 9.8 rebs in ‘14 Oceana Champs 11 Jack Biebel (G, 5-11, Jr.) 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.2 Walk-on guard ... played 1 season at Foothill College ... 23 apps at SMC ... played prep at Archbishop Mitty 00 Tanner Krebs (G, 6-6, Fr.) no appearances Avg’d 7.9 pts at U19 World Championships ... scored 31 pts vs Spain ... led Emus at ‘14 Oceana Champs 2015-16 Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball Page 1 Saint Mary’s Quick Facts 2015-16 Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball Location .............................Moraga, Calif. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous Schools) Founded ...................................1863 00 Tanner Krebs F 6-6 Fr. Hobart, TAS, Australia (Lake Ginninderra) Enrollment ...................4,257 (2,873 undergrad) 1 Jordan Hunter C 6-10 Fr. Vaucluse, NSW, Australia (St. Ignatius) Conference: ...........................West Coast 2 Stefan Gonzalez G 6-2 Fr. Pocatello, Idaho (Highland) President ..........................James Donahue 3 Emmett Naar* G 6-1 So. Sydney, NSW, Australia (Sydney Boys HS) Athletic Director ...........................Mark Orr 11 Jack Biebel* G 5-11 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Foothill College/Archbishop Mitty) Home Court: ................McKeon Pavilion (3,500) 15 Dan Sheets F 6-5 Fr. San Ramon, Calif. (Dougherty Valley) Head Coach: ........................Randy Bennett 21 Evan Fitzner* C 6-10 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Francis Parker) Record at SMC: ............328-149 (.688) / 15th Year WCC Record: ........................154-68 (.693) 24 Calvin Hermanson* F 6-6 So. Lake Oswego, Ore. (Lake Oswego) Career Record: ............................Same 2522 JoeDane Rahon* Pineau GF 6-26-9 Jr. SanMelbourne, Diego, Calif. Australia (Boston (Melbourne College/Torrey Grammar) Pines) 2014-15 Record: ............................21-10 33 Kyle Clark G 6-6 Fr. Wynyard, TAS, Australia (Hellyer) 2014-15 WCC Record: ........................13-5 34 Jock Landale C 6-11 So. East Malvern, Victoria, Australia (Geelong Grammar) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: .................... 5/6 43 Franklin Porter G 6-4 Fr.